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[Q] flashing with sim in

I am considering buying an otterbox and I got to thinking how big a pita it may be to remove the sim and sd card each time I flash. So my question is what does it cause if you leave the SIM in and SD in and flash a new ROM? Whatever problems people say it cause, has anyone experienced the problem themselves?
Some things are just 1 in a million or old stuff that doesnt impact things now so I am trying to figure out the difference.
Thanks!

I do it as rule of thumb. Today I did not. Have not had an issue yet
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I've never removed my sim, and never had a problem.....

I am a firm believer that if you are having problems with a ROM delete everything possible and remove the SIM and SD. though I have installed the last few ROMs with both in without any real problems.
i would be interested in finding out why its suggested...

Never removed anything before unless I soft bricked it.
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I never remove the SIM while flashing. Don't generally remove the external SD card either. I didn't even remove them when recovering from a soft brick. If it's a concern of possibly losing data you can always back it up when you mount them to use on your computer.
To answer your ultimate question you really don't need to be removing the Captivate from your Otterbox.

avgjoegeek said:
Never removed anything before unless I soft bricked it.
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I've never removed it. Don't see why we would need to to be honest

I've never removed mine, never had trouble. I think it might be one of those "do it if it makes you feel better" sort of things.

I flashed once with the SIM to Cog6 about 5 weeks ago and lost my baseband version. Meaning, I couldn't make calls.
Reflashed to 1 click then back to Cog W/O SIM and I calls worked again

avs420 said:
I flashed once with the SIM to Cog6 about 5 weeks ago and lost my baseband version. Meaning, I couldn't make calls.
Reflashed to 1 click then back to Cog W/O SIM and I calls worked again
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So reflashing can actually clear SIM settings? Yikes.

plasticdarlow said:
I've never removed my sim, and never had a problem.....
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neither have i and i have flashed probably 30 times or more and never had a single issue.

I think I took the SIM out like once. And I've done hundreds of ROM flashes.

Only time you would need to take out your SIM is if your phone is soft-bricked so bad you end up having to do the whole take out everything to get it back into DOWNLOAD mode.
Otherwise - I've flashed probably about as much as Mikey (sad for not being a developer/chef) and never had an issue.

Micro Sim Card Doesn't Pop in Correctly?

So I have the ATRIX HD and I love it, but there's one thing that's annoying me. I can't get my sim card to stay in place within the slot, it doesn't click in like the microsd card does. I'm not sure if that's what's supposed to happen but I've just been closing the door to the slot area and it seem to stay in place and my phone radio works. Anyone have any ideas or pics they could post as to how theirs looks? Thanks!!!
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The sales rep at the store had the same issue, but he eventually got it to lock in. I haven't removed it to try myself, but it looked like he had to push it in a little further than the microSD to make it work.
Edit: just tried it and I had to use a key (just what I had laying next to me) to get it to go in and click.

Sales rep had the same issue inserting my sim. She actually chipped her nail getting it in. Guess it was her first AHD
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Same Problem
Me and my friend bought (both) ATRIX HDs on eBay.com (NEW IN BOX).. and when they arrived we faced the same problem, Micro SIMs does not Pop in correctly on both phones. Friend tried to force SIM to pop in and stay there but he broke spiral(or how it is called) inside and it will not Pop out without same help... On the other hand I can not Lock in my micro SIM and it pops out.. I have to force and close the cover so that SIM stays IN...
P.S. SIMs work on both phones..(even though it is not locked in my phone, but I am afraid not to break cover as sim pushes cover hard from inside

TokoVergil said:
Me and my friend bought (both) ATRIX HDs on eBay.com (NEW IN BOX).. and when they arrived we faced the same problem, Micro SIMs does not Pop in correctly on both phones. Friend tried to force SIM to pop in and stay there but he broke spiral(or how it is called) inside and it will not Pop out without same help... On the other hand I can not Lock in my micro SIM and it pops out.. I have to force and close the cover so that SIM stays IN...
P.S. SIMs work on both phones..(even though it is not locked in my phone, but I am afraid not to break cover as sim pushes cover hard from inside
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SOOoo,,
I have the same problem here, idk if i break it or not; I tried to remove my sim card from the tray but i couldnt!!!
when I press it doesnt pop out and i cant take it off :crying::crying:
does anyone have any idea how to remove it?

Did you put it in upside down? Or in the micro sim slot?
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deeje00 said:
Did you put it in upside down? Or in the micro sim slot?
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no, i put it there like couple months ago and the micro sim card just works fine, no problems.
I am planning to change my career and I tried to remove it, but it seems like it is stcuked there and it doesnt pop out right now ://

Strange, mine pops in and out with minimal effort.
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[Q] sd card too big

Hey has anyone else noticed that when a ad card is inserted and you close the flap that it doesn't close properly like when there isnt a card? Its maybe nothing but little things like this really bother me lol

dandean1989 said:
Hey has anyone else noticed that when a ad card is inserted and you close the flap that it doesn't close properly like when there isnt a card? Its maybe nothing but little things like this really bother me lol
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Yup, its very minor but just enough to give the flap a curve and springiness - thought it was the sim card because I cut full sized sim myself with bluntish scissors. Took SD card out just now to confirm and it does stop the flap closing completely... might back up the card then trim it

batwingnz said:
Yup, its very minor but just enough to give the flap a curve and springiness - thought it was the sim card because I cut full sized sim myself with bluntish scissors. Took SD card out just now to confirm and it does stop the flap closing completely... might back up the card then trim it
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Yeah it is very minor but I'm a detail freak and it was driving me nuts at least if I know its normal and not just me thats fine! Yeah I was up for ages taking in and out the sim and trying different sd cards thinking id put it in wrong. Poor design testing other than that cannot fault the device as of yet
Hell of an upgrade to my desire S!
But yeah it needs a trim I didnt think of that al though I think you should try it and report back if it works before I completely **** my phone up !

I don't have a spare sd card right now, when I get home I'll test it on an old one
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Any luck?

Heh completely forgot, 12 hour night shifts will do that. No time til Tuesday now (utc +13)
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Took a slither off with a razor, closes better now
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dandean1989 said:
Hey has anyone else noticed that when a ad card is inserted and you close the flap that it doesn't close properly like when there isnt a card? Its maybe nothing but little things like this really bother me lol
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my micro sim fits in fine did you use the sim eject tool to push it in as I had your problem before as hadn't pushed all the way in but it still worked and read SD card for some reason.
Hope this helps

You mentioned sim and sd card, just to clarify its sd card and distortion is less than a millimetre.
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batwingnz said:
You mentioned sim and sd card, just to clarify its sd card and distortion is less than a millimetre.
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I mentioned the 'Sim eject tool' to use to insert the SD card..... I was not talking about the actual sim card just the tool provided.
Hope this helps clarify things for you if your comment was in responce to mine :0)

[Q] DREADED PREPARING SIM... message

My HTC ONE randomly loses mobile data and I get a "Preparing SIM..." message.
Data will come back after 20 seconds... very annoying
anybody else having this issue?

Must be a loose SIM. have you tried changing sim cards?

Yeah sounds like a bad sim. Try cleaning the gold contacts on the sim with rubbing alcohol. I get this when I use a micro sim in my Galaxy Nexus
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altimax98 said:
Yeah sounds like a bad sim. Try cleaning the gold contacts on the sim with rubbing alcohol. I get this when I use a micro sim in my Galaxy Nexus
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ALCOHOL:good:...woooow can we drink the rest of alcohol........ just kiding
limitless_xoom said:
My HTC ONE randomly loses mobile data and I get a "Preparing SIM..." message.
Data will come back after 20 seconds... very annoying
anybody else having this issue?
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DO you have a hand cut micro-sim as , if its not properly cut you may get this kind of error
and rubbing the gold contacts is a very good option even i have read about it.
try and let us know

Galaxy Note 5: "Sim Card Removed, Please Restart" Error

Sim card removed, please restart
I keep getting this error on my Note5. Sometimes it'll go a week before happening, and other times it'll happen a few times a day. Can't tell what's causing it, but always happens when screen is off and phone is idle. Have never had it happen when I'm using the phone. Any suggestions?

Try to replace your sim happen to me same thing
Get new sim and never had any problems with new sim

Mack7n said:
I keep getting this error on my Note5. Sometimes it'll go a week before happening, and other times it'll happen a few times a day. Can't tell what's causing it, but always happens when screen is off and phone is idle. Have never had it happen when I'm using the phone. Any suggestions?
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I get the exact same thing! Been happening for about 2 months now.
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1980aksoy said:
Try to replace your sim happen to me same thing
Get new sim and never had any problems with new sim
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How can you replace the sim when you can't remove the back cover?

jfogle01 said:
I get the exact same thing! Been happening for about 2 months now.
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How can you replace the sim when you can't remove the back cover?
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Happened to me a bit as well. Make sure your phones are updated. Haven't tried changing the sim card yet but I know that some early builds of Marshmallow roms had a bug that said the card was removed
Also, for the user that asked how to change sim cards, the slot is built on the top, and can be removed by using a paper clip and pressing into the hole that pushes that sim card holder out of the slot

Same problem to me, it is not firmware problem and not sim card problem, i have got this issue on android 6 and now on android 7, Noone have the right solusion for this ?

Just to chime in, it's been happening to me too, since two months, but I think got worse since the last security update of about a week ago. Turkey region ROM.

1980aksoy said:
Try to replace your sim happen to me same thing
Get new sim and never had any problems with new sim
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It is really a problem.

Use a thin tape and cover the top portion of the Sim card and the tray. Make sure it's a perfect fit or at least sticks onto the tray real good. Problem could be the Sim card moving too much because of the Sim tray isn't a tight fight... Which is a design flaw from Samsung's part. Hit the thanks button if this helped u out.
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I got the same problem. Sometimes 2 times a day. Some time 2 times a weeks. Sometimes server times a month. Probably caused by sim tray not hold sim card tightly. I will try to use electric tape to cover the sim if could solve

geeshiet said:
Use a thin tape and cover the top portion of the Sim card and the tray. Make sure it's a perfect fit or at least sticks onto the tray real good. Problem could be the Sim card moving too much because of the Sim tray isn't a tight fight... Which is a design flaw from Samsung's part. Hit the thanks button if this helped u out.
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The tape fixed my problem. Thanks so much.

I also facing the same problem..its always appear "SIMCARD REMOVED..Please restart your device"..its happen to me about 1 and a half week ago after my Galaxy Tab A perform a software update...before this its never happen...is it an ANDROID problem or my Tab A problem?

I was having the same problem, I did everything I could think of to fix it, factory reset etc... I finally took it to ATT and had a new sim put in about 3 mos ago and haven't had the problem since. The tech there told me that it had to do with the new cell tower regulations ( I think he was full of BS and didn't know what he was talking about) and the way the original sim card was coded for Android 6.0 that once it upgraded to 7.0 and started getting the security updates that it was causing conflicts in the phone so I needed a new upraded sim. The good part was that I don't cost anything

Using medical tape is better than electric tape to attach on top of both simcard and simtray.